Confirmed: Adelson giving $10 million to pro-Romney super PAC

By Maggie Haberman

06/13/12 12:39 PM EDT

Our colleague Ken Vogel reported late last week that casino magnate Sheldon Adelson was set to give as much as $10 million to the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future, and now the WSJ follows up on that with confirmation:

The $10 million figure appears to be the largest single donation toward Romney's efforts so far. The independent political action committee, by law, cannot coordinate its work with the formal Romney campaign.

Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp., which includes the famous Venetian casino in Las Vegas, as well as casinos in Macau and Singapore. Forbes Magazine has ranked him among the 10 wealthiest Americans with a net worth of more than $20 billion.

Adelson and his family gave $21 million in total to a PAC supporting Gingrich during the early primaries, but turned off the spigot after Gingrich fell far behind in the races and the delegate count.

On a trip to Las Vegas late last month, Romney and Adelson had a private meeting.

Adelson's help — he has told people his budget for the cycle is roughly $100 million — is among the most coveted this cycle. The $10 million to Romney is a lot — and he made clear to the nominee at their meeting that he would be his biggest super PAC donor — but it's less than he gave Gingrich, with whom he has a personal relationship.

But supporters of Adelson say it's important to look at everything he's doing on the Republican side in total.